Where does “сальто” come from?

сальто (Russian) comes from Italian salto, from Latin saltus, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

сальто (Russian): somersault

Definitions

  1. somersault

Ancestry of “сальто”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansaltojump, leap, spring, bound; change, jump, leap,...
2LatinsaltusA leap, jump; a leaping; A forest or mountain...
3Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →